Alpinists Aim for Fitz Roy First in Winter - Gripped Magazine

Alpinists Aim for Fitz Roy First in Winter - Gripped Magazine

A team of alpinists from Italy, Matteo Della Bordella, Tommaso Lamantia, and Marco Majori, are heading to Patagonia to attempt the first winter ascent of the Casarotto Route on Fitz Roy’s Goretta Pillar. Italian climber Renato Casarotto is considered one of the best climbers of the 20th century. He opened the north face of Huascaran (over 17 days) in 1977; Goretta Pillar (named after his wife) in 1979; the trilogy of the Frêney in winter 1982; a…

A Winter Attempt on Patagonia's Fitz Roy » Explorersweb

Matteo Della Bordella is a regular in Patagonia in the summer, but this time he wants to climb its granite spires in winter. In the Southern Hemisphere, that's now. He left today to attempt the first winter ascent of the Goretta Pillar on Fitz Roy (3,405m). Della Bordella is teaming up with Tommaso Lamantia, a K2 and Cerro Torre summiter, and Marco Majori, who climbed with Della Bordella on a previous expedition to the Peruvian Andes. View this …